2005-2006 Academic Catalog

199 Social Sciences and History School of Social Sciences and Professional Studies Public Administration The public administration major prepares students to serve others with a vision toward improving the quality of life in their local community, state, or the nation. Public administration is an academic discipline historically developed from the interrelation- ships between government administration, business adminis- tration, and law. The major prepares students for careers in government, non-profit and business administration, as well as graduate and professional programs in public administration, the social sciences, management, public policy, social work, criminal justice, or law by utilizing courses in political science, business administration, economics, and law. Course requirements involve 51 semester hours including: Political-Social-Legal Environment ............................................. 9 1 POLS-2610 American National Government .................... 3 1 POLS-2620 American State and Local Government ......... 3 1 PUAD-3600 Public Administration ..................................... 3 Analytical-Economic Tools .........................................................21 ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I ................................ 3 1 ECON-2330 Microeconomics ............................................ 3 1 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics ........................................... 3 1 ECON-3390 Public Finance ............................................... 3 1 GSS-3610 Introduction to Research Methodology ............ 3 1 GSS-3620 Advanced Research Methodology ................... 3 1 PUAD-3100 Public Budgeting ............................................ 3 Individual-Group Dynamics ................................................... 3-15 COM-2000 Persuasive Theory ............................................ 3 COM-3120 Argumentation and Debate .............................. 3 3 COM-3140 Intercultural Communication ........................... 3 COM-3230 Organizational Communication ....................... 3 COM-3250 Interviewing ....................................................... 3 Administration/Management Processes ....................................12 ECON-3130 Government and Business ............................ 3 1 MGMT-3500 Principles of Organization and Management ....................................................................... 3 MGMT-3530 Human Resources Management .................. 3 MGMT-3550 Organizational Behavior ................................. 3 1 MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing .................................. 3 Policy Analysis ............................................................................. 6 1 PUAD-3690 Public Policy ................................................... 3 2 PUAD-4600 Applied Public Administration ....................... 3 Application ................................................................................ 0-9 GSS-4990 Social Science/History Internship ................ 3-12 PUAD-4970 Independent Study in Public Admin. ............ 1-3 1 Required course. 2 Capstone course (required). 3 Satisfies humanities elective for General Education Requirements. Public Administration Major CurriculumSummary Proficiency Requirements ........................................................ 0-6 Other General Education Requirements ............................. 46-54 Public Administration Major Requirements ...............................51 Electives (Consultation with Advisor) ................................... 23-31 Total (minimum, not includingproficiency) .......................... 128 completedescriptionoftheGeneralEducationRequirements isfoundonpage18 Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a Major inPublicAdministration First year: BEGE-1710 Christian Life and Thought ........................................... 3 BEGE-1720Spiritual Formation ........................................................ 3 COM-1100 Fundamentals of Speech ............................................... 3 ENG-1400Composition ..................................................................... 3 GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture ........................................ 3 HUM-1400 Introduction to the Humanities ........................................ 3 PEF-1990 Physical Activity and the Christian Life ........................... 1 Biological Sciences Elective .......................................................... 3.5 History Elective ................................................................................. 3 Literature Elective ............................................................................. 3 Physical Education Activity Elective ................................................ 1 Total ............................................................................................ 29.5 Second year: ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I ............................................ 3 BEGE-2730 Old Testament Literature .............................................. 3 BEGE-2740 New Testament Literature ............................................ 3 ECON-2330Microeconomics ........................................................... 3 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics .......................................................... 3 POLS-2610 American National Government ................................... 3 POLS-2620 American State and Local Government ....................... 3 Global Awareness Elective ............................................................. 3 HumanitiesElective ........................................................................... 3 Physical Science Elective ............................................................. 3.5 Total ............................................................................................ 30.5 Third year: BEGE-3750 Christian Worldview Development ............................... 2 BEGE-3760 Christian Worldview Integration ................................... 2 ECON-3390Public Finance .............................................................. 3 GSS-3610 Introduction to Research Methodology .......................... 3 GSS-3620 Advanced Research Methodology ................................ 3 MGMT-3500 Principles of Organization and Management .............. 3 MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing ................................................. 3 PUAD-3100 Public Budgeting ........................................................... 3 PUAD-3600 Public Administration .................................................... 3 PUAD-3690 Public Policy .................................................................. 3 Electives ........................................................................................... 3 Total ............................................................................................... 31 Summer: GSS-4990 Social Science/History Internship ........................... 9 Fourth year: COM-XXXXCommunicationElective ................................................ 3 ECON-3130 Government and Business .......................................... 3 MGMT-3530 Human Resource Management ................................... 3 PUAD-4600 Applied Public Administration ....................................... 3 Electives ......................................................................................... 16 Total ............................................................................................... 28